Definitely needs to go away. It's creepy, it's not healthy. There isn't anything good coming out from that.

Having to pay 500$ a month for insurance to still get hit with a massive bill if I actually have to use it. Plus the leg work of having to send bills back to insurance 3-4 times to get them to pay because their strategy is to deny everything to get the patient to pay more.

In lots of places thos is illegal.

When countries compare their GDP to Jeff Bezos' wealth, there's something wrong.

This is deeply concerning in this day and age

Thank God I only have to work 3 days a week (24h total) and make enough. I'm in Germany though and an MD, so I guess that's privilege

Honestly makes me lose any faith in the law.

A separation of church and state is one thing they skip over while talking about the founding fathers

I agree to certain extent, as there are people chosing not to but the legislation is not on their side. "Pro life" is an oxymoron

The grocery discounter I worked at until recently had recycling bins near the checkout so customers could leave any packaging they didn't want after paying. Guess what, it all ended in the same dumpster.

Well, this is what the counselors told the school and it is one of the most stupid s**t I have ever heard, "If you insult/fight back or do something back you are now also being a bully..." I was dumbfounded. (I typed it best off of my memory)

The amount of plastic I saw during breakfasts in US hotels was mind-blowing. Everything was single-use only. And after guests were done, the staff just took the single use table cover and threw it in the bin with all the plastic trash. Convenience beats common sense.

Again, this is only “normal” in one or two developed countries…

Same thing happened during the 1st lockdown. People got puppies, kittens etc, then gave them away when they realised they couldn't look after them, when the country opened up again and they had to go back to work

I found an app that I've been using for a few weeks (I'm not advertising - just saying) where I can buy food that is very close to being "expired" but still good. "Oh no! This muffin might go bad in 3 days!" Well, it's still good. They discount it, and I save money. They have surprise bags where you never know what you're going to get, but it's usually great stuff. Today I bought two bags and gave one to a struggling family who were asking for money outside the store. No food should go to waste when there are so many people struggling to get by.

This!!! I drive a lot for work and it’s infuriating and stressful to have to be super alert constantly because half the people on the road are to distracted to actually drive. I’m constantly stuck behind someone who’s speed varies between 35-50 multiple times between lights because they gotta get that text in. Can’t pass them because they’re playing ping pong with the lane lines. Anyone who thinks you’re good at diving and texting, you’re not. Your driving like a jerk and putting lives in danger for a throw away conversation.

And for profit prisons!!

Not just the USA though.

They always have been. Look up how and why the chainsaw was invented. Hint: for childbirth.

I've been over 12 for 50 years and I stay away from it.

At least in UK that does not usually happen

I had a gerbil as a teenager. Sometimes I would leave the lid off his tank and block the door up so he couldn't escape the room. Weeks later I discovered he had found a back way into my bottom drawer were I kept crappy clothes that I never wore. He had shredded some and made a little nest there. Little dude straight up made himself a holiday home. 😆

I could live with it, if they were responsible for their decisions, but not even that is given.

As I usually say, they don't want respect, they want obedience.

We should all be like Finland in this matter. Housing before job

I tip. I don't agree with it. But I know that the people working those serving jobs are working way too hard for less than minimum wage - it's bull**** and I hate it. But it's not the server's fault. Everyone is trying to get by in this messed up world.

There are two "outside" cats in my neighborhood that are fed and "owned" by my neighbors. Those cats kill many wild birds. I find many baby birds dead around our bird feeders due to these cats. If you like cats, keep them inside!

Why only teens?

Or, if MEN had those sorts of periods (or just periods, full stop!) you can bet your bottom dollar that the very, very best doctors and scientists would be employed day and night, 7 days a week, 365 and a quarter days of the year, to find a solution to these problems, and hell, even find a way to eliminate even the *need* to have periods in the first place, without impacting their ability to procreate! AND, all necessary personal hygiene products associated with menstrual cycles would be FREE! (as would all birth control products!) [*blows raspberry at all those who thinks painful periods are "normal"!]

Everyone has a choice, silence your calls overnight and do not answer your phone if you do not wish to. WHEN it's a work call DO NOT ANSWER IT in your own time. You are are not paid 24/7....

If those strangers are caring and love working with children, it does not matter. In fact a study of adults who grew up in orphanages mostly found them to be well adjusted adults who reported receiving good care in the orphanage. Humans do not remember most of their early years unless some trauma occurs. Bad parents are more often the cause of bad traumas than day care center workers.

But we can save it by putting our Diet Coke can in our blue bin. It really is our responsibility. Get with the program!

War is nothing to laugh abot...but this description takes the cake. Exact on point.

I remember reading a research study that said that sugar triggers the dopamine levels in the brain in a similar way that heroin does and that is why it’s so addictive and hard to quit. I don’t know if this study has been debunked or not but it would make sense.

Thank you for this answer!! As a South African myself I am so happy that others around the world know about this issue.

So they censor "drúg" but not "spaz"? Spaz is a derogatory word used against people with cerebral palsy (spastics).

The negative consequences of mass surveillance are empirically proven (for a good example read "The social consequences of a mass surveillance measure: What happens when we become the ‘others’?" by Marie-Helen Maras) but these consequences are ignored so deliberately that I am beginning to believe they are desired.

This is normalized?? I don''t think so

I don’t think this is normalised. The expectation that when a relationship has reached the 7 year itch stage and friends and family start questioning and reminding the couple they are at the point of break up regularly might not be the healthiest of traditions to continue? If one year is paper is 7 years itch cream?!

Whoa Nelly!!! All things in moderation